by David Zax, Technology Review
So you got one of those $99 TouchPads. Congratulations. But wait. You just bought a tablet belonging to an ecosystem that is, if not outright dying, then at least obsolescent. The manufacturer has all but pulled the plug on that ecosystem–at least as far as smartphones and tablets are concerned. What if you want that tablet to last you a couple years? What if you want to put new apps on it? Teams of coders are coming to the rescue. Or at least, they’re trying to. They call themselves “Touchdroid,” and they’re a group of Android enthusiasts. They’re working on porting the Android system over to TouchPads, and if they succeed, you should be able to get a longer useful life out of that HP device you just bought. The team is led by a fellow named Thomas Sohmers, a self-professed “geek, inventor, and entrepreneur.”
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